Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Industrials and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX fell 0.57%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Gemalto (AS:GTO), which rose 2.39% or 0.74 points to trade at 31.90 at the close. Meanwhile, ASML Holding NV (AS:ASML) added 2.38% or 3.45 points to end at 148.50 and Akzo Nobel (AS:AKZO) was up 1.60% or 1.23 points to 78.14 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unilever NV (AS:UNc), which fell 5.84% or 3.05 points to trade at 49.20 at the close. Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) declined 1.68% or 1.440 points to end at 84.500 and Altice NV (AS:ATCA) was down 0.72% or 0.12 points to 17.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 86 to 37 and 9 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 7.07% to 11.15.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.25% or 0.65 to $51.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.58% or 0.92 to hit $57.23 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.47% or 6.07 to trade at $1289.07 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.40% to 1.1834, while EUR/GBP rose 0.69% to 0.8988.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 93.08.